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14 stouffville suntribune thursday sept 29 2005 technology brings cops students together by caroline grech staff writer york regional police got together with 1000 students from six high schools in york region the hightech way monday morning the first ever video conferencing assembly featured a panel of officers answered questions from the cafeteria of dr jm denison secondary school in newmarket as part safety week events cameras and computers projected each speakers image to high schools as far away as vaughan each school participating in the event was likewise shown across the screen in the newmarket high school our nation and our community is not on the verge of a youth crime crisis chief armand la barge told students youth are more likely to be the victims of crime rather than committing the crime presentations covered everything from relationship abuse to traffic safety followed by a question and answer ses sion but true to technology audio prob lems led to the session being cut short after a few questions students snickered as officials tried to fix the audio problems that made questions impossible to hear when told there would be no more questions a large groan rose from stu dents i wish there were more questions asked grade 10 student matt woronecki said adding he was hoping to hear more about teen gangs we did nt address many of the issues some found the session informative despite the technical glitches i learned about cyber bullying i didnt know it happened so often grade 10 student dayna upson said despite the technical glitches board spokesperson ross virgo called the pre sentations a benefit to students as far as learning is concerned an interactive environment is always preferable and many students would have liked more time to ask more ques tions mr virgo said the smile cookies are gone and we couldnt be happier n wwi iu tim hortons would like to thank you for using your cookie cravings for a great cause tim hortons markham raised over 8000 by donating 1 00 from the sale of every smile cookie to a local charity this year all the funds raised by your local tim hortons will be donated to markham stouffville hospital foundation m a ttittkcttchs together with you making good things happen staff photocaroline grech students at dr jm denison secondary school in newmarket vatch a video presentation by york regional police schools across the region were linked for the video- conference monday morning seewhafson tithe movies cm alulii mini 6425111 durham 85267 1 1 loose rugs br0adl00m upholstery 3m scotchquard family health dr mawani family practice accepting new patients walkins welcome 9mmmsqam dress your lawn enriched garden soil r- cliffords haulage 9058301911 7 days a week delivery and tax included on orders ol 5 yards and more includes all deliveries north of hwy 7 dress your lawn